Jaco: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

A Jaco ancestor may well appear as Jacob in earlier records. Its meaning, shared with Jacob, is “From Jakob (Jacob)”.

Spelling and variants

Records show Jaco as one of the forms Jacob took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Jackoby, Jacobus and Jacobsen.

The 2010 census count for Jaco in the United States was 2,237, good for rank 13,551.

Family crest and blazon

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